Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yueyang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: Yue-yang
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.

name

A county of Yueyang City, Hunan, China.

Example Sentences

"Japanese troops were pulled to Yuehyang, at the junction of the Hsiang and Yangtze rivers, from Hunan, Honan, and Hupeh provinces."
"In his capacity as Thief-punishing General, after the grand birthday celebrations in Hankow, he transferred his headquarters to Yüeh-yang."
"In Yueyang county, Hunan, some 22,000 people lost their homes during the building of Tieshan Reservoir."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 岳陽 /岳阳 (Yuèyáng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 岳陽

Inflected Forms

Yueh-yang (alternative) Yoyang (alternative, dated)

Synonyms

Yochow

Questions

What does yueyang mean?: A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
Where does yueyang come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 岳陽 /岳阳 (Yuèyáng).

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